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A novel Ehrlichia genotype strain distinguished by the TRP36 gene naturally infects cattle in Brazil and causes clinical manifestations associated with ehrlichiosis.
Ticks and tick-borne diseases - 1 Sept 2014
Aguiar Daniel M, Ziliani Thayza F, Zhang Xiaofeng, Melo Andreia L T, Braga Isis A, Witter Rute, Freitas Leodil C, Rondelli André L H, Luis Michele A, Sorte Eveline C B, Jaune Felipe W, Santarém Vamilton A, Horta Mauricio C, Pescador Carolina A, Colodel Edson M, Soares Herbert S, Pacheco Richard C, Onuma Selma S M, Labruna Marcelo B, McBride Jere W
Abstract excerpt
A novel Ehrlichia genotype most closely related to E. canis was reported in North American cattle in 2010, and a similar agent was subsequently identified in the hemolymph of Brazilian Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus ticks and isolated in 2012. The purpose of this study was to determine whether this or other novel ehrlichial agents naturally infect Brazilian cattle. Using PCR targeting the genus-conserved dsb...
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